Sanitary sink basket



Aug 19,1947- |3...|usT|N 2,426,025

SANITARY SINK BASKET Filed April 7. 1944 llll mel" l l l l l l n n 4Patented Aug. 19, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT orrlci:A

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in sinkbaskets adapted for placing in a kitchen sink and within which dishesmay be washed and refuse and sediment collected from the dishes toprevent the same from entering the drain pipe.

An important object of the present invention is to provide a sink basketof this character constructed of cloth or other suitable flexible andporous material together with means for supporting the upper edges ofthe basket above the level of the water in the sink so that the dishesmai7 be washed within the basket, the refuse collected in the basket andthe basket then emptied and folded and collapsed for convenientlystoring the same until further use.

A still further important object of the invention is to provide a rigidframe for supporting the upper edges of the cloth basket, as Well asrigid stays for the bottom of the basket and in which the frame andstays may be removed so that the basket may be washed, when desired.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character ofsimple and practical construction, which is efcient and reliable inperformance, neat and attractive in appearance, relatively inexpensiveto manufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which thesame is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing forming part hereof, wherein likenumerals refer to lik parts throughout, and in which- Figure 1 is asectional View through a kitchen sink with the basket shown in positiontherein.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the basket removed from the sink and withparts broken away and shown in section.

Figure 3 is a vertical transverse sectional View of the basket.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary perspective View of one corner of theinterconnected frame members, and

Figure 5 is a similar View of the connection for the rear ends of theframe members.

Referring now to the drawing in detail wherein for the purpose ofillustration I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention,the numeral 5 designates a basket which may be constructed of anysuitable fabric and which includes Y hems which are open at each end toform a front hem 8, rear hem 9 and side hems ID and I.I.

A rigid frame member I2 is removably inserted in the front hem 8 and arigidframe member I3 is removably inserted in the rear hem 9, the framemembers I2 and I3 being of duplicate construction and are formedadjacent each end with upper and lower notches I 4 and I5.

Side frame members I6 and II, likewise of rigid material, are removablyinserted in the respective side hems Ill and II.

The rear ends of the frame members I6 and I'I are formed with alongitudinally extending slot I8 terminating at their inner ends in atransverse slot I9.

The slots i 4 and I5 on the strips or frame members I2 and I3 defineflat heads 20 connected to the strips I6 and I'I by means of Shanks 2l,the strips being connected by turning the strip I2 or I3 angularly withrespect to the strips I6 and I'I and inserting the shanks 2l into theslots I8 and then turning the strip I 2 or I3 into an upright positionwith the shanks 2| entering the reentrant slots I9 to thus preventwithdrawal of the heads 20 from the slots.

The front ends of the side frame strips or members I6 and I 'I arelikewise formed with longitudinally extending slots 2| terminating intransverse reentrant slots 22 and the front ends of the strips I6 andI'I are formed with downwardly extending hooks 23 which projectforwardly of the slots 2I and 22, the hooks defining an entrance 24 inthe lower edges of the strips communicating with the slots 2l.

The ends of the frame member I2 or I3 are similarly engaged in the slots2| and 22 by entering such slots through the opening 24.

When the frame members are connected in the manner as indicated in anupright position transversely thereof the hooks 23 are adapted to engageover the upper front edge portion of a, sink 25 to support the frontedge portion of the basket therein.

A cord of similar flexible member 26 is attached adjacent the ends ofthe rear frame member I3 and extends looped over the faucet 21 tosupport the rear edge portion of the basket. This pro- Vides a bag-likeconstruction in and on which utensils may rest when the device is in usewithin the sink.

A strip of fabric 28 is secured to the bottom 6 -by means of spacedparallel stitching 29 to provide a plurality of seams 30 of longitudinalpockets open at each end and in which rigid reinforcing strips 3| may beremovably inserted. The

device thus supported Will be prevented from becoming displaced While inuse in the sink and, obviously, the reinforcing strips 3| substantiallystiien and maintain the bottom of the bag-like device distended and in anon-collapsed condition.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that the basket 5 may besupported by the frame members I2, I3, I6 and I1 within a sink, as shownin Figure 1 of the drawing, so that dishes may be Washed in the basketand refuse therefrom collected in the basket without danger of therefuse entering the drain pipe 32. The basket may then be removed andemptied, the frame members and the bottom reinforcing strips 3| removedand the basket collapsed for conveniently storing the same.

It is here pointed out that the cloth or other suitable flexible fabricor material of which the basket 5 is made is preferably and generally ofsome material Woven or formed relatively close yet being of ample orsubstantial porosity, but, obviously, in some cases, the same may beperforated or of open mesh formation yet having only suiiicient sizedopenings for drainage of water and at the same time hold particles ofrefuse coming from the dishes and other articles Washed in the basket.

It is believed the details of construction, operation and advantages `ofthe device Will be readily understood from the foregoing without furtherdetailed explanation. In this connection it is here also noted that,obviously, the drain pipe inlet or the drain outlet of the sink 25 isplugged or stoppered in any conventional manner (not shown) to hold thewater in the sink While the device of the present invention is in use.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

A sink basket of the character described coinprising a substantiallyrectangular water-penetrative fabric bag-like receptacle including abottom and front, back and end walls, the bottom of the receptaclehaving on its under side a plurality of elongated pocket formations,separate elongated stifener strips fitted removably in the pocketformations on the under side of the bottom of the receptacle, each wallterminating at its upper end in an open-ended hem, a rectangular frameincluding front and rear elongated members and elongated end members,each member being inserted in one of said hems, said frame membershaving interlocking provision at their respective meeting ends fordetachably securing the members together with the end in crossedREFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNTTED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 916,283 Eccleston Mar. 23, 19091,389,908 Shults et al Sept. 6, 1921 1,501,833 Amsel July 15, 19241,658,944 Schaeifer Feb. 14, 1928 2,143,674 Berger Jan. 10, 1939

